Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Saturday, October 9, 2021 (1 Viewer)

American politics is in a state of high flux and both parties are searching, painfully, for balance.

Texas abortion clinics are canceling appointments they had booked during a 48-hour reprieve from the nation’s most restrictive abortion law.

During the recent standoff over the nation's debt limit, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell showed just how far he'll go to stop President Joe Biden’s agenda.

The two parties will be discussing containment of extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country, officials from both sides said.

Former President Donald Trump attacked President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion "socialist" spending "monstrosity" on all fronts, from economy to immigration to energy, while continuing his long-standing criticism of the 2020 election and attacks on political foes. Trump, widely viewed as a likely...

The 2022 midterm elections will be front and center as former President Trump holds a rally in Iowa on Saturday – his first in the competitive central plains state since last year’s election. But in a state whose caucuses for half a century have kicked off the presidential nominating process...

Sen. Mitch McConnell has stiff-armed Donald Trump at every turn since the former president exited the White House, ignoring his policy demands and disregarding attempts to oust him as the minority leader.This week, the Kentucky Republican engineered a deal with Senate Democrats to temporarily...

Whistleblower revelations from a Facebook ex-employee were the “breaking point" forcing UnidosUS to cut ties with the company and “protect the Latino communities we advocate for."

Former president stays quiet on possible 2024 White House runThe silence of Trump: how Twitter’s ban is cramping his style Donald Trump speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images Donald Trump returned to Iowa on Saturday for a campaign-style rally, on the heels of a poll...

The union representing pilots for American Airlines warned the company could face a staffing shortage ahead of the busy holiday travel season if it implements a stringent COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Allied Pilots Association requested that American Airlines find “alternate means of compliance...

Pope Francis is urging lawmakers worldwide to overcome “the narrow confines” of partisan politics to quickly reach consensus on fighting climate change.

The two largest power stations shut down, leaving Lebanon without electricity nationwide.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Most abortions in Texas are banned again after clinics that had raced to provide them during a two-day legal reprieve canceled appointments Saturday following a whiplash appeals court ruling

Races for local school board seats have emerged as intense political battlegrounds in the upcoming Nov. 2 elections across the U.S.

Chinese leader’s latest statement comes amid repeated incursions of Taiwan’s air defence identification zone.

The left-wing education company co-founded by Merrick Garland’s son-in-law used a training session for teachers focused on “systemic racism," recommending an article that referred to Trump rally-goers as “examples of white supremacy” akin to the Ku Klux Klan. Panorama Education, co-founded by...

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A three-judge panel says the statute, known as Senate Bill 8, is back in effect while the full court considers the state's appeal.

“The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland must be fulfilled," President Xi Jinping said.

Humanitarian situation and the implementation of the 2020 US-Taliban agreement on agenda in talks held in Doha.

MISSION, Texas — Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., saw firsthand the situation on the southern border on Friday, and called on the Biden administration to take action,

Seeking to end racially biased policing, Virginia banned officers from pulling people over for such infractions as broken taillights. Police chiefs aren't happy.

Abortion providers and advocates say while they were bracing for the latest step in the abortion rights battle, the whiplash has devastating effects.

Air and ground bombardment against Tigrayan forces has intensified in Amhara region, TPLF spokesman says.

Democrats are likely to have a turnout issue in 2022… Democrats should keep in mind that the Democratic voters likely to sit out 2022 are not the left-wing base. They’ll probably be more moderate and mainstream Democrats.

Democrats are angry with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for her opposition to Biden's agenda, but experts say she campaigned on being a moderate.

Sebastian Kurz denies allegations he used government money for party political purposes.

Supporters of former President Trump have turned the chant “Let’s Go Brandon” into a massive social media viral trend that has shown up at sporting events, airports, memes, all the way to the former president’s Saturday rally in Iowa.

One overvaluation indicator is higher than it was on Black Tuesday.

Despite aiming to benefit historically underprivileged communities of color, housing experts say without timely and robust housing protections, the center may become a catalyst for displacement.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says major coal-fired power stations have barely a day’s stock left.

The family of Raymond T. Odierno, a retired Army general who commanded American and coalition forces in Iraq at the height of the war, says he has died of cancer.

"There's no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth," Robinson said in a recently resurfaced video.

A teenager accused of stealing a phone from an unsuspecting subway rider realized the hard way that he wasn’t fast enough to keep up with a nearby transit cop.

The blockbuster clash over Roe v. Wade now in front of the Supreme Court comes after a successful, decades-long guerrilla warfare campaign by the anti-abortion movement to attack access to the procedure around the edges.

"She had them raise their hand during a constitutional lesson and reminded them that if it wasn’t for the Constitution, they would be her slaves," one parent said.

“Koreans love to be No. 1, but No. 1 at the cost of kind of airing your dirty laundry is a somewhat different thing," said Professor CedarBough Saeji.

A Fresno, California area woman who received a nearly $5 million settlement after the police killed her son has been arrested for using some of that money to buy guns for another son and gang members.

Dylan Harrison, who leaves behind a wife and 6-month-old baby, working his first shift, authorities said.

An education company co-founded by Merrick Garland's son-in-law issued a "resource" for teachers this year which claimed supporters of former President Donald Trump are White supremacists.

Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s centrist party has narrowly lost the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, a surprise development that could mean the end of the populist billionaire’s reign in power.

Two opposition coalitions could oust Prime Minister Andrew Babis and his ruling party.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says he will step down in a bid to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors’ announcement that he is a target of a corruption investigation.

The opportunity to make big money is attracting huge investments to industrial-scale bitcoin mining, with thousands of supercomputer mining machines and enormous energy demand.

Hunter Biden’s artwork reportedly sold for $75,000 apiece before his official New York City art show even opened.

The Federal Election Commission won’t take action against the Republican National Committee for how it paid for the lawyers who represented then-President Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., in the various Russia investigations.

Gruden wrote about Smith in an email to Bruce Allen, who was the then-president of Washington's NFL team, 10 years ago.

Arizona's Gov. Doug Ducey accused the Biden administration of "federal overreach" this week after the Treasury Department said the state's educational grants specifically allocated for schools without mask mandates were an improper use of federal coronavirus relief money.

Police are using a robot to fight crime in Los Angeles.

A 3-year-old boy in Texas who has been missing since Wednesday has been found alive, officials said Saturday.

Workers at some fast-food chains owned by public firms are getting better wages now. It’s a different story at restaurants owned by private-equity firms.

Former Trump aide Dan Scavino has been served a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, bringing an end to the panel’s struggle to physically locate him.

The floodwaters dragged giant boulders dozens of miles, from the mountains to the end of an ancient river delta.

McConnell and President Biden spoke on Friday evening, a day after the Senate voted on a short-term extension of the debt ceiling.

Several top members of the Biden administration were in Mexico City on Friday for a meeting with Mexican officials regarding security along the U.S.-Mexico border. But Vice President Kamala Harris wasn't among them.

The pop superstar gives her first interviews for five years, ahead of the release of her new album.

Russians are flocking to Serbia to receive Western-approved COVID-19 shots. Although Russia has its own vaccine, known as Sputnik V, international health authorities haven't approved its use

Roger Marshall won't let people forget he’s a doctor. That's clear because the obstetrician puts “Doc” in the letterhead of his U.S. Senate office news releases.

Life for Louisiana State University students just got a little easier, with the school announcing on Friday it will no longer require proof of vaccination or a negative test against COVID-19 to enter its stadium.The Baton Rouge school will remove its requirements beginning Oct. 16, when the team...

A teacher, a nurse and an IT worker say why they would rather lose their jobs than get jabbed.

A tea party firebrand who is running for the Republican nomination for governor of Texas says he has received monoclonal antibody injections after being diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Races for local school board seats have emerged as intense political battlegrounds in the upcoming Nov. 2 elections across the U.S.

The island says it is easing Covid restrictions, and will allow vaccinated travellers from 11 countries.

“We’re not bleeding any longer — we’re hemorrhaging,” one ambulance service operator said of a decadelong worker shortage exacerbated by the pandemic.